Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes
Subordo: Syngnathoidei
Familia: Syngnathidae
Genus: Doryrhamphus
Species (11): D. aurolineatus – D. baldwini – D. bicarinatus – D. chapmani – D. dactyliophorus – D. excisus – D. janssi – D. japonicus – D. multiannulatus – D. negrosensis – D. pessuliferus
Name
Doryrhamphus Kaup, 1856
References
Kaup J.J. 1856: Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum, London. i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4.
Doryrhamphus is a genus of pipefishes, one of the two genera colloquially known as flagtail pipefishes and are popular in the aquarium trade. The members of this genus are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans where they inhabit reef environments. The species in this genus have a maximum length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) or less, with D. janssi being the only species that surpasses 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in). Most species have a horizontal blue line along their body, and all have a whitish-edged tail that is marked contrastingly with black, red or yellow.[1]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2]
Doryrhamphus aurolineatus J. E. Randall & Earle, 1994
Doryrhamphus bicarinatus C. E. Dawson, 1981 (Narrowstripe pipefish)
Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
Doryrhamphus excisus abbreviatus C. E. Dawson, 1981
Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856 (Bluestripe pipefish)
Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald & J. E. Randall, 1972) (Janss' pipefish)
Doryrhamphus japonicus Araga & Yoshino, 1975
Doryrhamphus negrosensis Herre, 1934
Doryrhamphus negrosensis malus (Whitley, 1954) (Masthead Island pipefish)
Doryrhamphus negrosensis negrosensis Herre, 1934 (Negros pipefish)
References
Fritzsche, R.A. 1980. A revisionary study of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6): 181-227.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Doryrhamphus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
External links
Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 44: Review of the Indo-Pacific pipefish genus Doryrhamphus Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies
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